FDA Appeal: Attack against the Fur,
03/30/2003

Appeal No 11 to the International Community: 26 Killed and 11 Injured in
Western Darfur

Fur Diaspora Association (FDA)
March 30/03/2003

As a continuation of the campaign of genocide adopted by the Sudanese authorities
against indigenous peoples of Darfur, Arab militias supported by government
forces attacked Dambar, Muttur, Surre, Muraddaf, Gawsir and Dorgola on March
15, 2003. During these attacks 26 Fur were reportedly killed and 11 others
injured, some of them seriously, and still about 3 000 others were forced
to cross the border to Chad. Moreover, 500 heads of cattle were rustled away
and several hundred houses were burnt to ashes. The news terrified the population
of Kabar, Malla, Dango and Mooringa who are expected to cross the border
at anytime despite the efforts made by some traditional leaders to convince
them to stay. All these villages are located in Western Darfur at about 80
kilometres to the southwest of the city of Zalingei.

The authorities are making every effort to keep the incidence secret.
Units of the Sudanese army were stationed throughout the area to isolate
the villages and towns of the Fur from one another to make the transmission
of the news difficult. As a result of this policy Mr. Abdel-Jabbar Adam Abdel-Karim,
member of the National Council, was searched and arrested for a day on March
20, 2003 because of the videotape he was carrying as evidence of the casualties.

Fur Diaspora Association (FDA) is thus appealing to UN Commission on Human
Rights, Amnesty International, Africa Watch and all other organizations that
are concerned with human rights to intervene and rescue all the indigenous
people of the region targeted by the government plans of genocide. We also
appeal to the aid organizations to intervene, provide relief and help local
people rebuild their villages.